A little while ago, during the time of the US elections, I commented on a journal, posted here on FA by Valentine Crow, that if Barack Obama turned out to be a good president, I would eat a ham and hair sandwich.

Well, for getting the economy back on the build, as well as restoring confidence in the markets, without too much of a cost to the general public, all in a matter of just months, I'd say he's done pretty fantastically. As well as that, Russia and certain other European countries are disarming, dismantling, and generally cutting back on their war machines. For the first time in forever, it seems that the world is becoming more peaceful. This is incredible. But my favourite change has to be the healthcare reform. Because this has outraged American citizens, more than the economy, and more than foreign armaments; and would mean that I don't have to eat a horrible sarnie.

But the thing is, Obama's healthcare reforms are a marvellous thing. Americans think he's meddling with their personal choice, or that it's a way of wringing out more tax, and all sorts of things. I haven't spoken to an American who doesn't think his plans are despicable, and I have spoken to many who believe Obama should resign. Sorry, but you're wrong. The only good thing about the government in the UK is the healthcare, the National Health Service. All we ever hear about it is that it's understaffed, poorly managed, badly funded, unsafe, unfit for purpose, old-fashioned, and so on and on. But even in that bad of a state, it's fantastic. It's the mark of a civilised nation, not communism, but of a system where you don't have to be rich to stay alive, where you put into the system when you can afford it, so it's there when you need it, when you can't work.

I can't afford anything. I wouldn't be able to afford a funeral even if I lived to be 500. I certainly couldn't afford health insurance. Imagine if I was hit by a car and broke my leg, and the driver sped off from the accident. I'd have no-one to sue. The whole American system would be useless. This "eye for an eye" legal system is pretty neanderthal in it's basis. In Canada, I could get hospital treatment. I wouldn't have to cut off my own leg, like an animal, just because I'm not rich. This is far more civilised. It is humanity.

So despite what the popular opinion in America is, I've got to admit that Obama has had a brilliant idea (like most brilliant American ideas it was invented in England) with his healthcare plans. He's doing a fine job with world peace, and going good in the economy. For those reasons,

bon appetite.

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Yes, that's real hair. My hair, which is now goldybrown and not pink. I really did eat that sandwich. I said I would.